Time: Fri Dec 05 01:56:20 1997 To: From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar] Subject: SLS: Struggles (fwd) Cc: Bcc: sls References: <snip> > >There is a lesson in the following post from another list that most >of the so-called "leaders" in this country need to understand. Is >there anyway to imbed this into the brains of our so-called "leaders" >in this country? > >Gary Doc > >------- Forwarded Message Follows ------- > >STRUGGLE > >A man found a cocoon of an emperor moth. He took it home so that he could >watch the moth come out of the cocoon. On that day a small opening >appeared, he sat and watched the moth for several hours as the moth >struggled to force the body through that little hole. Then it seemed to stop >making any progress. It appeared as if it had gotten as far as it could and >it could go no farther. It just seemed to be stuck. Then the man, in his >kindness, decided to help the moth, so he took a pair of scissors and snipped >off the remaining bit of the cocoon. The moth then emerged easily. But it >had a swollen body and small, shriveled wings. The man continued to watch >the moth because he expected that, at any moment, the wings would enlarge and >expand to be able to support the body, which would contract in time. Neither >happened! In fact, the little moth spent the rest of its life crawling >around with a swollen body and shriveled body and shriveled wings. It never >was able to fly. > >What the man in his kindness and haste did not understand was that the >restricting cocoon and the struggle required for the moth to get through >the tiny opening was the way of forcing fluid from the body of the moth >into its wings so that it would be ready for flight once it achieved its >freedom from the cocoon. Freedom and flight would only come after the >struggle. By depriving the moth of a struggle, he deprived the moth of >health. Sometimes struggles are exactly what we need in our life. If we >were to go through our life without any obstacles, we would be crippled. We >would not be as strong as what we could have been. Give every opportunity a >chance, leave no room for regrets. > <snip>
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